Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-09-11

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 11
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
956 head
2,179 vs last sale 3,135 956 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A much lighter offering than two weeks ago so an accurate trend can not be established, lower undertones noted on both steers and heifers. Moderate to good demand for today's yearling offering featuring mostly packages and a handful of loads. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. Most cattle in moderate to moderate plus flesh with some coming off grass, mostly tested open heifers. A couple of packages of spring calves offered and met with moderate demand. Moderate market activity today with a smaller than normal crowd of buyers. A few cancellations today due to the rain the area received over the weekend into Monday, some places reported over four inches. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, September 18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.35/cwt on 517 head.
Average price
$134.35
517 head · 812 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$28.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.48
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2655137.5490150
Medium and Large 1813135.161,099446
Large 11,161109.501,27121
One grade step is worth $28.04/cwt here — about −$370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale517 hd
134.35
SD average7 barns · 9,501 hd
127.87
+6.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1837123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,03411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2309136.00/cwt136.00–136.0042016
SteersMedium and Large 1665145.00/cwt145.00–145.0096475
HeifersMedium and Large 1688134.00/cwt134.00–134.009229
HeifersMedium and Large 1919121.56/cwt119.50–124.501,11754
SteersMedium and Large 1748139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,04021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612141.42/cwt141.00–142.0086533
HeifersLarge 11,109103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,14815
HeifersMedium and Large 1739131.25/cwt123.50–133.0097038
SteersMedium and Large 1845133.76/cwt132.00–134.251,13018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739130.00/cwt130.00–130.0096117
HeifersLarge 11,080111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,2047
HeifersMedium and Large 1878124.13/cwt121.50–124.751,09032
SteersMedium and Large 1649151.00/cwt151.00–151.0098015
SteersMedium and Large 1785137.22/cwt134.00–137.751,077147
HeifersLarge 11,034106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 1961122.16/cwt120.50–123.001,17424
SteersMedium and Large 1954116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,1114
SteersMedium and Large 1945127.69/cwt127.25–128.751,20786
BullsMedium and Large 1363171.00/cwt171.00–171.006214
HeifersMedium and Large 1626143.00/cwt143.00–143.0089515
SteersLarge 11,161109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,27121
SteersMedium and Large 1897127.45/cwt124.50–128.251,14380

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.